Today’s Sadface: Mass Effect 3 Delayed to 2012

Say it isn’t so!

Well, it looks like the first of the AAA delay casualties has struck, and boy if it isn’t a big one. It was only a matter of time before one of the many gaming titles threw up the white flag for 2011, and it looks Mass Effect 3 is the first. Today a Bioware employee posted a quote on the Bioware forums from Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series, announcing the delay.

Today we have confirmed that Mass Effect 3 will be released in the first three months of 2012. The development team is laser focused on making sure Mass Effect 3 is the biggest, boldest and best game in the series, ensuring that it exceeds everyone’s expectations.

Pretty standard delay business, really. Honestly, I’m not too surprised, seeing as how the turn around time between ME2 and ME3 seemed to defy all logic anyway. We can only hope that this makes the game better in the long run. In the short term, my wallet can breathe a little easier this fall.

Is it a coincident that 2012 aka “the end of the world” is the year Commander Shepard fights for the survival of earth? I’ll bet you there is a level that takes place in an ancient Mayan temple where the Mayans predicted the coming of the Reapers, and the end of the world in 2012.

I am not too pissed because this means I wont be rushing threw five other games when it comes out.

I too am kinda glad it got pushed. Yeah its longer to wait, but I’m confident Bioware will come up with the goods when the time comes.

On a related note, this will be the last ME3 topic I look at. Even the new screen shots that got put out today or yesterday I haven’t seen (except the one in this post). I really want to go into this one with no details at all… It’s going to be a looooong 9 months

So they’re tweaking things to reach the market share sweet spot that Mass Effect 2 “began to approach”? That doesn’t sit too well – seeing as what lies at the end of that path is essentially Gears of War with a conversation system, as one commenter put it. Ominous tidings aside, though, my brain and my wallet will appreciate a bit more time to digest the rest of the year’s significant releases.

[quote comment=”16402″]So, Uncharted 3 confirmed as game of the year?[/quote]
Unless you’re implying that Skyrim, too, will be delayed, I don’t see how this could ever happen. Even if Skyrim is delayed, Uncharted 3 still has to deal with LBP 2, Portal 2 and (hopefully in the running) Dark Souls…oh yeah, and Arkham City (is that supposed to come out this year?)

[quote comment=”16412″][quote comment=”16402″]So, Uncharted 3 confirmed as game of the year?[/quote]
Unless you’re implying that Skyrim, too, will be delayed, I don’t see how this could ever happen. Even if Skyrim is delayed, Uncharted 3 still has to deal with LBP 2, Portal 2 and (hopefully in the running) Dark Souls…oh yeah, and Arkham City (is that supposed to come out this year?)[/quote]